Kim Swoo Geun
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Kim Swoo Geun was a prominent South Korean architect renowned for pioneering modern Korean architecture and shaping Seoul’s urban landscape in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kim Swoo Geun canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6061125 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kim Swoo Geun Context triple: [Seoul Olympic Stadium, architect, Kim Swoo Geun]
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A.
Ban Woo-hyun
Ban Woo-hyun is one of the children of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Yoo Soon-taek.
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B.
Kim Je-hyuk
Kim Je-hyuk is the naive yet kindhearted star baseball player who becomes an unlikely inmate protagonist in the South Korean television drama "Prison Playbook."
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C.
I Jeong-jae
I Jeong-jae is the Korean romanization of the name of Lee Jung-jae, a prominent South Korean actor known internationally for his role in the series "Squid Game."
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D.
Song Seung-whan
Song Seung-whan is a South Korean producer, director, and actor best known internationally for directing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
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E.
Lee Dong-hwi
Lee Dong-hwi is a South Korean actor known for his roles in popular films and television dramas, including the hit series "Reply 1988."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kim Swoo Geun Target entity description: Kim Swoo Geun was a prominent South Korean architect renowned for pioneering modern Korean architecture and shaping Seoul’s urban landscape in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Ban Woo-hyun
Ban Woo-hyun is one of the children of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Yoo Soon-taek.
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B.
Kim Je-hyuk
Kim Je-hyuk is the naive yet kindhearted star baseball player who becomes an unlikely inmate protagonist in the South Korean television drama "Prison Playbook."
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C.
I Jeong-jae
I Jeong-jae is the Korean romanization of the name of Lee Jung-jae, a prominent South Korean actor known internationally for his role in the series "Squid Game."
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D.
Song Seung-whan
Song Seung-whan is a South Korean producer, director, and actor best known internationally for directing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
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E.
Lee Dong-hwi
Lee Dong-hwi is a South Korean actor known for his roles in popular films and television dramas, including the hit series "Reply 1988."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South Korean architect
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architect ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
late 20th century
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mid-20th century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Korean Architecture Award
NERFINISHED
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Korean National Academy of Arts membership ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1931-02-20 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1986-06-14 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Korean architectural history literature ⓘ |
| designed |
Buyeo National Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Freedom Center, Seoul NERFINISHED ⓘ Korea Life Insurance Building (Seoul) NERFINISHED ⓘ Seoul Arts Center early masterplan (influence) ⓘ Seoul Olympic Main Stadium preliminary scheme (influence on final design) ⓘ Space Group Building NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Group of Korea headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Seoul National University (attended, did not complete)
NERFINISHED
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Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokyo University of the Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Space Group of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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modern architecture ⓘ urban design ⓘ |
| founded | Space Group of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural and public buildings
ⓘ
institutional architecture ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation | Seoul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary Korean architecture
ⓘ
younger generations of Korean architects ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Japanese
ⓘ
Korean ⓘ |
| legacy | considered a leading figure of 20th-century Korean architecture ⓘ |
| movement |
modern Korean architecture
ⓘ
modernism ⓘ |
| name | Kim Swoo Geun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | South Korean ⓘ |
| nativeName | 김수근 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering modern Korean architecture
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shaping the urban landscape of Seoul ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Buyeo National Museum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Space Group Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cheongjin
NERFINISHED
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Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ North Hamgyong Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Seoul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
president of Space Group of Korea
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president of the Korean Institute of Architects ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kim Swoo Geun Description of subject: Kim Swoo Geun was a prominent South Korean architect renowned for pioneering modern Korean architecture and shaping Seoul’s urban landscape in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (1)
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